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[Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill] also said loosening up the Tibetan roots of the Ancient One to cast someone of non-Tibetan but Asian descent would also be untenable for Marvel Studios.

“If you are telling me you think it’s a good idea to cast a Chinese actress as a Tibetan character, you are out of your damn fool mind and have no idea what the f**k you’re talking about,” said Cargill. “Oh, ‘she could be Asian!’ Asian? She could be Japanese, she could be Indian, really? The levels of cultural sensitivity around this thing is, everyone is staking out their one particular place and not realizing that every single thing here is a losing proposition.”

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“There’s not a lot of talk about, ‘oh man, they took away the job from a guy and gave it to a woman.’ Everybody kind of pats us on the back for that and scold us for her not being Tibetan,” he said. “And that’s just the way it’s going to go. We knew that the Social Justice Warriors would be angry either way.”